Thermal physiology of a range-restricted desert lark

Much recent work on avian physiological adaptation to desert environments has focused on larks (Passeriformes: Alaudidae). We tested the prediction that the threatened red lark ( Calendulauda burra ), a species restricted to very arid parts of South Africa and which is not known to drink, exhibits h...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of comparative physiology. B, Biochemical, systemic, and environmental physiology Biochemical, systemic, and environmental physiology, 2019-02, Vol.189 (1), p.131-141
Hauptverfasser:	Kemp, Ryno, McKechnie, Andrew E.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Air temperature Animal Physiology Animals Arid climates Aridity Basal Metabolism Biochemistry Biomedical and Life Sciences Biomedicine Carbon Dioxide - metabolism Certhilauda burra Cooling Desert Climate Desert environments Deserts Diurnal Drinking water Evaporative cooling Female High temperature Human Physiology Hyperthermia Life Sciences Male Metabolic rate Metabolism Original Paper Oxygen Consumption Passeriformes - physiology Physiology Predictions South Africa Species Temperature Thermoregulation Thermoregulatory behavior Thermotolerance - physiology Water loss Water Loss, Insensible Zoology
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